Providing mental health care in Birmingham

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust is an organisation that provides mental health care to people living in Birmingham. BSMHFT is one of the biggest mental health foundations in the country.

St Andrew’s Healthcare is a teaching hospital that specialises in mental health, learning disability, autism and brain injury. With regional services in Birmingham, Essex, Nottingham and Northampton this makes St Andrew’s the largest provider of NHS care in the charity remit.

Youth Space raises awareness and promotes mental health by offering support and advice to anyone interest in mental health. Youth Space is an online form based in Birmingham where people register to understand and gain advice for mental health problems.

Urbrum is a new magazine that focuses on mental health issues affecting young people. Through the format of a magazine Urbum aim to help and raise awareness of the issues young people may deal with whilst facing a mental condition. Twitter: @Urbrum Website: www.urbrum.org

ReliefMe is an online service that provides advice to people struggling with day-to-day problems. They provide a free app that is easily accessible that allows you to post anonymously and to give the best advice to young people around the world. Twitter: @reliefME Website: www.reliefme.orgThe Mind Charity‘s mission and goals are to support and empower people experiencing a mental health problem. Twitter: @MindCharity Website: www.mind.org.uk

Together Mental Health supports people whilst in recovery. They say that “The people who use our services are at the heart of everything we do. They influence and shape the support they receive from us, and the way our services are run”.

Time to Change claims to be England’s biggest program to challenge mental health stigma and discrimination.They aim to help people to feel confident when speaking out about problems they may have without facing discrimination. ‘Time to Change’ has a range of projects that help people in all communities to change their behaviour.

Rethink help over 1 million people a year and have set up campaigns nationally to help people come to terms with their mental illness. ‘Rethink’ give people the opportunity to get involved by volunteering fundraising for them. You can become a member of Rethink by signing up on their website which gives people the chance to connect with others facing mental health issues.